Parent Club: June is safety month

June is Home Safety Month according to the Home Safety Council. Below are a few safety tips all parents should adhere to…

• When children are in the tub, stay close enough to touch them.
• Put new batteries in your smoke alarms at least one time each year.
• Children can choke on small items, such as buttons, coins, jewelry and smalltoys. If it fits in a toilet paper roll, it is not safe for little children.
• Purchase cleaners, household chemicals, medications and other potentially hazardous products with child resistant packaging.

Note the Poison Control Centre’s phone number; (Toronto) 416-813-5900 or 1-800-268-9017 near a phone.

The Safety Association of Canada sends out FREE blind safety kits – which includes hardware to ensure your little ones stay safe.

I have always instructed my kids NOT to answer phones or open outside doors unless a parent is present. This was valuable recently, when someone rang the doorbell to the front door – just as I stepped out the backdoor to take out the garbage. The kids came running – someone’s at the door!. I applauded them for sticking to the rules — and let them open the door — as I stood beside them.